One mahatma, a great saint, died — must have been someone like Muktananda. One of his followers died the next day. When the follower reached heaven, the first thing that he was interested in was, “Where is our guru, our Muktananda? He must be enjoying — he must have been given all the joys that only heaven can provide.”
And then suddenly he saw Muktananda underneath a beautiful tree… with whom, do you know? — with Sophia Loren! Sophia Loren sitting in his lap, both naked, hugging each other! The follower fell at the feet of Muktananda. He said, “Guru Deva, O Great Master, I always knew that you were the greatest master; now I am seeing with my own eyes. God is so pleased with you, he has given you Sophia Loren as a reward!” Muktananda looked very angrily at the man and said, “You fool, stop talking nonsense! You don’t understand a thing. She is not my reward, I am her punishment!”